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27 Nov 2012

Avon Astonishing lengths mascara in Brown – Review

In this
post I am going to review Avon’s Astonishing lengths mascara in brown and this
happens to be my first post about mascara’s in my blog. (I ate a diary milk
crackle to celebrate this).

This
mascara was gifted to me by my sweet neighbor on navrathri. Yup.! For all such
celebrations where women exchange “thamboolam” this aunty used to give me cool
stuffs like mascaras, Nail Polishes, cute bracelets, earrings etc adding a
modern twist to the tradition.

Like most
of the girls, mascaras are a must have for me and at any point of time you’d
find at least three varieties of mascaras in my vanity. I am not into false
lashes hence I pay more attention towards enhancing my natural lashes using
mascaras.

This one
is in brown color which happens to be my favorite color when it comes to
mascaras as I feel the black one to be harsh against kohl lined eyes.

I don’t
know the exact price for the same but I found that this is priced around $7.00.

Looks:

It comes
in a long bullet shaped mascara barrel in dark bluish grey that is thinner when
compared to my Maybelline one. The barrel is factory sealed with skinny
transparent wrap. The name of the mascara is written in silver.

The Wand:

The wand
is thin and is one and half inch in length with tight set bristles. The
bristles feel stiff yet flexible.

Lot of
product gets accumulated in the top part of the wand while picking the product
and I find it hard to get rid of the product by scraping the wand in the sides
of the opening.

My
experience:

The
mascara does a very good job in lengthening the lashes. My lashes are not
short. They are long enough (I feel) and this mascara made them super long.
Like literally touching my brows. I know this is a lengthening one, but I did
not expect it to give such length and I was surprised.

The
mascara’s formula is not as creamy as it seemed on the wand and felt it to be
bit dry on my lashes. The wand, being thin and long helps in the application of
this mascara in the lashes that are in the corner of my eyes.

As this
is not a volumizing one, this does give any such effect. It just lengthens. If
you are not having thick lashes, this mascara might make your eyes look funny
by making the sparsely set lashes super long.

It does
an average job in separating the lashes and it also clumps a little. I hate
clumpy mascaras but as it doesn't clump that bad I am giving it a pass.

The
mascara is waterproof and it easily comes off with baby oil.

Let me
summarize the pros and cons before declaring my verdict.

Pros:

1.
Lengthens lashes very well.

2. Pretty
brown color.

3. Thin
wand aids in easy application.

4. water
proof.

5. Comes
in sealed packing.

Cons:

1. Clumps
a little.

2. Does
not aid in separating the lashes.

3. Feels
dry.

4. The
product gets accumulated in the tip of the wand.

Verdict:

I am
happy with this and will use till it gets over or spoiled. I will not
repurchase nor recommend because we get better mascaras at lesser price in
India.